Costume History
Fashion Silhouette Suites - Timeline 1940-1953

By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com

Fashion Silhouettes Suits Timeline 1940 to 1953

For this webpage I have collated outlines of fashion suit images that I have drawn and shown
on
individual year pages. These costume and two piece
suit line drawings are specifically of suit styles throughout the 1940s up to
1953, andlarger examples are further down this page.
These suits range from 1940 to 1953 from top left to bottom right.

For this webpage I have drawn a variety of early 1940's shapes capturing
the elements of silhouettes found in old magazines such as Le Petit Echo de la
Mode, Butterick and McCall's pattern books of the day.

Costume drawings,
magazine covers and fashion plates
of 1940 to 1953 all equally act as a source of inspiration for making your own
drawings. I have redrawn them in my own style then finally enhanced elements with computer software.
These silhouette
costume drawings
show just some of the body shape outlines found between 1940 and
1953
creating costume history detail which also makes them very useful when dating
the line of vintage dress.

Like many costume enthusiasts, I sometimes need a basic
costume history line image for a specific year. These 1940's fashion
illustrations should give you a clear understanding of the changing lines and
variety of silhouettes in suit styles. As a result you can date a picture within a few
years.
Each thumbnail enlarges to produce an A4 print
and is suitable for colouring in and producing timeline scenes, collage
foundation guides or guidelines for amateur dramatics. You may use these
1940-1953 fashion history suit silhouettes in personal school or college class
projects, but they must not be reproduced in printed book
form matter, as greetings cards, gift wrap etc., or as part of any electronic material such as a
CD, DVD, TV show, videos, YouTube item, ebooks, websites or similar.

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